Swarna Shukla –
Published On: October 26, 2021 at 11:00 IST
A Delhi Court sentenced two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen members namely Mohd. Shafi Shah and Muzzafar Ahmad Dar to 12 years Imprisonment while sentencing the other two men namely Talib Lali and Mushtaq Ahmed Lone to 10 years imprisonment for terror funding and waging war against the Government of India.
Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh passed the Order on sentence after the four were convicted under various provisions of Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The case lodged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with allegations that Hizb-ul-Mujahideen had been regularly receiving funds originating from neighbouring countries and that in the grab of an organization Jammu Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust (JKAT), the terrorists were actively involved in furthering the activities.
The Convicts are booked under Section 17, 18, 20,40 and 38 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) also under Sections 120 and 121 of the Indian Penal Code.
The Court was also of the view that the crimes which the Convicts were convicted were of very grave nature as they had hatched a conspiracy to strike at the core of the nation and action was taken to execute that conspiracy.
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